The first line of quality control & product evaluation in any brewery is formed by trained taste panels. By effectively utilizing taste panels appropriate for the required task, collecting & analyzing the results compiled from trained tasters, and taking the right actions based on the results, your brewery will improve quality, consistency and profitability. The Siebel Institute Sensory Panel Management course was created to help you build panels that achieve these results and more. Designed & conducted by brewing industry sensory panel experts, this 3-day course instructs you in the tools & techniques used by the world’s leading brewers to assess their products, analyze resulting data, and take action to ensure the highest possible quality & consistency in your beer.

This course is critical for breweries of practically every size, and it can also benefit brewing guilds looking to form taste panels of guild members towards evaluating & improving the quality of beers produced by their members.

• Brewery Quality Control/Quality Assurance
  • Definition of Panel and Panel Leader
  • Establishing Goals
  • Sample points: raw materials, WIP, finished beer
  • Activities & Tools
  • Basic Sensory Physiology: Human Flavor Perception
  • Definition of Sensory Evaluation- evoke, measure, analyze,
  • Non-Physiological Influences on Flavor Perception

• Taste Panels as a Quality Tool
  • What can they achieve, and how?
  • Personnel, facilities, resources required/upper management support
  • Assessment and scaling these needs

• Establishing a Panel: For Brewpubs, small/mid-size/large breweries
  • Selection
  • Training
  • Scheduling and interdepartmental relations
  • Motivations, Rewards and Retention
  • Validation

• Facilities and Environment
• Running a Panel
• Training the Trainer
• Test Methods
  • Difference Tests: Duo/Trio, Triangle…
  • Descriptive Tests: Characteristics, Intensity…
• Significance and Analysis – data analysis/results/validation/action plan/tracking/communications
• Actions & Alternatives, Troubleshooting
• Close Loop Corrective Action Plans
• Planning and Execution

Intermediate-Level Brewing Course

Prior brewing knowledge is not required, but students will benefit from existing knowledge of brewing technologies and/or related sciences.

To assess your readiness to participate, please contact Keith Lemcke requesting an assessment review for your chosen course/program.

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